Health Promotion Officer (Community Health Worker) Curriculum Overview

These flashcards cover key concepts related to health promotion, essential for Community Health Worker training.

Health promotion

The process of enabling people to increase control over, and improve their health.

Advocacy

Public support for or recommendation of a particular cause or policy.

Health education

The mechanism through which health promotion is propagated.

Health literacy

The measure through which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process and understand basic health information and services.

Ottawa Charter

A charter for action that defines health promotion as a process enabling people to take control over their own health.

Five pillars of health promotion

Critical action areas identified by the Ottawa Charter for effective health promotion.

Creating supportive environments

Health promotion that includes the protection and maintenance of natural and built environments.

Developing personal skills

Health promotion that supports personal and social development by providing education and enhancing life skills.

Reorienting health care services

Shifting towards a healthcare system that focuses on health promotion and prevention of illness.

Communication processes in health promotion

Strategies used to inform and influence individual decisions that promote health.

Information, Education and Communication (IEC)

Approaches used in health education to enhance the goal of health promotion.

Role of media in health promotion

Media's function to transmit information, persuading populations to adopt healthy behaviours.

Factors influencing communication

Aspects affecting the effectiveness of communication, such as the topic discussed and the state of the audience.

Community Health Worker (CHW)

A representative who advocates for community health promotion and supports health initiatives.

Implementation of health promotion

The process of putting health promotion strategies into action at community levels.